A few things have struck me in the sports reporting world over the last few days, not all Liverpool related but it's all connected to football so I figured you might be interested in my observations...
Firstly there is a story that has emerged about the possibility of Andy Carroll going out on loan, which in my opinion isn't a bad idea. He has done little enough so if he were to play elsewhere we probably wouldn't miss him greatly, and he also has long enough left on his contract that if he has a good season with someone else we can either choose to keep him or sell him for a decent price, and if he does poorly at least we've not carried an out of form player for another season. What has stuck me about the reporting is how many fans and journalists seem to think Carroll doesn't deserve to be sent out on loan, presumably these can't be the same fans and journalists who have spent the last year saying he hasn't delivered and mentioning his £35 million price tag at every opportunity.......
The next thing concerns the John Terry trial currently ongoing. I don't want to pre-judge anything as the verdict is still a few days away but I'm getting more and more dismayed at the coverage of it all every minute. Terry has today had character witnesses in court, from Ashley Cole to a letter from Jose Mourinho and almost everybody Chelsea related in between. None of these people heard the full exchange between Terry and Anton Ferdinand so can't possibly be in a position to say whether Terry is innocent or guilty, but they've been showing their support for a person they know well who they firmly believe isn't a racist. Fair play to them for that and I don't really see anything wrong with it. But when the Liverpool players and management did the same thing by wearing T shirts in support of Luis Suarez, saying 'we know who this man is, we know his character and we believe him when he says he is innocent' they were roundly condemned for it. I just hope that if a guilty verdict comes back the media are equally as happy to turn on the Chelsea lot.
And while I'm on the subject of John Terry I'll make my final observation for the day. Terry initially lost the England captaincy under Fabio Capello for an alleged affair with the girlfriend of a team mate, Wayne Bridge. The captain has been announced for the Team GB Olympic football team and is........... Ryan Giggs, the man who had an eight year affair with the wife of his own brother. Good to see what the FA deem to be morally wrong and what is acceptable.................
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